Making it: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

There are many ways in which a product can be manufactured but most designers know only a handful of techniques. Informative and incredibly easy to use, this bestselling book discusses more than a hundred production methods in detail. Making It appeals not only to product designers but also to interior, furniture, and graphic designers who need access to a range of production methods, as well as to all students of design. This expanded edition includes nine new processes and an all-new section of over 40 finishing techniques.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 6)
• Comparing Processes (p. 10)
• 1 Cut from Solid
• Machining (p. 18)
• Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Cutting (p. 21)
• Electron-Beam Machining (EBM) (p. 24)
• Turning (p. 26)
• Jiggering and Jollying (p. 29)
• Plasma-Arc Cutting (p. 33)
• 2 Sheet
• Chemical Milling (p. 38)
• Die Cutting (p. 40)
• Water-Jet Cutting (p. 42)
• Wire EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) and Cutting (p. 44)
• Laser Cutting (p. 46)
• Oxyacetylene Cutting (p. 48)
• Sheet-Metal Forming (p. 50)
• Slumping Glass (p. 52)
• Electromagnetic Steel Forming (p. 54)
• Metal Spinning (p. 56)
• Metal Cutting (p. 59)
• Industrial Origami® (p. 61)
• Thermoforming (p. 64)
• Explosive Forming (p. 67)
• Superforming Aluminum (p. 70)
• Free Internal Pressure-Formed Steel (p. 73)
• Inflating Metal (p. 76)
• Pulp Paper (p. 78)
• Bending Plywood (p. 80)
• Deep Three-Dimensional Forming in Plywood (p. 83)
• Pressing Plywood (p. 86)
• 3 Continuous
• Calendering (p. 90)
• Blown Film (p. 92)
• Exjection (p. 94)
• Extrusion® (p. 96)
• Pultrusion (p. 99)
• Pulshaping™ (p. 102)
• Roll Forming (p. 104)
• Rotary Swaging (p. 106)
• Pre-Crimp Weaving (p. 108)
• Veneer Cutting (p. 112)
• 4 Thin & Hollow
• Glass Blowing by Hand (p. 116)
• lampworking Glass Tube (p. 118)
• Glass Blow and Blow Molding (p. 120)
• Glass Press and Blow Molding (p. 124)
• Plastic Blow Molding (p. 127)
• Injection Blow Molding (p. 129)
• Extrusion Blow Molding (p. 132)
• Dip Molding (p. 134)
• Rotational Molding (p. 137)
• Slip Casting (p. 140)
• Hydroforming Metal (p. 143)
• Backward Impact Extrusion (p. 146)
• Molding Paper Pulp (p. 149)
• Contact Molding (p. 152)
• Vacuum Infusion Process (VIP) (p. 154)
• Autoclave Molding (p. 156)
• Filament Winding (p. 158)
• Centrifugal Casting (p. 161)
• Electroforming (p. 164)
• 5 Into Solid
• Sintering (p. 168)
• Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) (p. 170)
• Cold Isostatic Pressing (CIP) (p. 172)
• Compression Molding (p. 174)
• Transfer Molding (p. 176)
• Foam Molding (p. 178)
• Foam Molding into Plywood Shell (p. 181)
• Inflating Wood (p. 184)
• Forging (p. 187)
• Powder Forging (p. 190)
• Precise-Cast Prototyping (pcPRO®) (p. 192)
• 6 Complex
• Injection Molding (p. 196)
• Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) (p. 199)
• Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (p. 201)
• Mucell Injection Molding (p. 203)
• Insert Molding (p. 206)
• Multishot Injection Molding (p. 209)
• In-Mold Decoration (p. 212)
• Over-Mold Decoration (p. 214)
• Metal Injection Molding (MIM) (p. 216)
• High-Pressure Die-Casting (p. 219)
• Ceramic Injection Molding (p. 222)
• Investment Casting (p. 224)
• Sand Casting (p. 228)
• Pressing Glass (p. 231)
• Pressure-Assisted Slip Casting (p. 234)
• Viscous Plastic Processing (VPP) (p. 236)
• 7 Advanced
• Inkjet Printing (p. 240)
• Paper-Based Rapid Prototyping (p. 242)
• Contour Crafting (p. 244)
• Stereolithography (SLA) (p. 246)
• Electroforming for Micro-Molds (p. 250)
• Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) (p. 252)
• Smart Mandrels™ for Filament Winding (p. 255)
• Incremental Sheet-Metal Forming (p. 257)
• 8 Finishing Techniques
• Sublimation Dye Printing Vacuum Metalizing (p. 262)
• Flocking Acid Etching (p. 263)
• Laser Engraving Screen Printing (p. 264)
• Electropolishing Tampo Printing (p. 265)
• Suede Coating Hot Foil Blocking (p. 266)
• Over-Molding Sandblasting (p. 267)
• i-SD System In-Mold Decoration (p. 268)
• Self-Healing Coating Liquid-Repellent Coatings (p. 269)
• Ceramic Coating Powder Coating (p. 270)
• Phosphate Coatings Thermal Spray (p. 271)
• Case Hardening High-Temperature Coatings (p. 272)
• Thick-Film Metalizing Protective Coatings (p. 273)
• Shot Peening Plasma-Arc Sptaying (p. 274)
• Galvanizing Deburring (p. 275)
• Chemical Polishing Vapor Metalizing (p. 276)
• Decalization Pickling (p. 277)
• Nonstick Coating (organic) Nonstick Coating (inorganic) (p. 278)
• Chrome Plating Anadizing (p. 279)
• Shrink-Wrap Sleeve Dip Coating (p. 280)
• Ceramic Glazing Vitreous Enameling (p. 281)
• Glossary (p. 282)
• Index (p. 284)
• Acknowledgments (p. 287)
• Picture Credits (p. 288)